BE YOURSELF

Greetings, today I like to share a story with you. “Be yourself” is a fable and here is how it goes……

Far away in a country, lived a boy with his grandfather as his parents died. They lived in a small hut. A fine morning, they both decided to sell their old donkey because they were poor. So the little old fellow and the boy made their way to the busty village market. To reach the market they need to walk for a long distance and cross the river.

   

They were walking along the river. As they walked they came across an old woman who said, “Aren’t you supposed to sit on the donkey, anyways look at the little boy, he is looking too tired!”. So the old man asked the little one to climb on the donkey. The boy followed the instructions of his grandfather and they moved on.

They walked for a while and came across a group of men who screamed “how dare you little boy, you are relaxing on the donkey while your poor old grandfather is walking the whole way”. So the little boy got off the donkey and the old man hopped on.

Old man and the little boy moved on and met a group of old men who told “hey old man, have a look at the little one. In our opinion, it is good that you both ride on the donkey.” By listening to them, they followed their opinion, so the little one also hopped on and moved on. As they are moving, they met a group of women. They yelled at the little boy and the old men saying that “how selfish you are; you both are riding on the donkey without any fatigue, while the donkey has to carry you the whole way!” So the old man took a rope and a pole and tied it to the donkey and carried it on their shoulders.

During crossing river, the donkey kicked his legs loose and drowned into the river, the grandfather and the little one cried for their loss. That’s why one should not listen to everyone’s opinion and nobody can’t please everyone.

With love,

Khyatisri.